Pickles - Ripe Cucumber Pickles

5 lbs ripe cucumbers
1 cup salt
1 gallon water

Combine salt and water.  Pour over cucumbers and let stand overnight.  Drain.

Cook cucumbers covered with clear water with the following added:

1 cup vinegar
1 tsp alum

Cook until water is clear.

Make a syrup of
5 cups sugar
4 cups vinegar
Stick cinnamon
Cassia buds
Allspice

Bring all to a boil.  Add the pickles and bring to a boil again.

Pack in jars and seal.